Kepler Spacecraft
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NASA planet hunting probe 'TESS' shares first image
Sep 18, 2018, 01:19 PM ISTThe Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) sent the images that were captured from its initial science orbit. It will spend 2 years monitoring 26 such sectors for 27 days each.
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Kepler-80: The ‘alien solar system’ where one year is as long as a day on Earth
World | Jul 25, 2016, 05:24 PM ISTAstronomers have discovered a bizarre ‘alien’ solar system that has planets orbiting its star so tightly that one of them has a year as along as a day on planet Earth.
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Four of the 100 planets discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission could host life
World | Jul 19, 2016, 02:16 PM ISTData from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has enabled scientists to discover a treasure trove of over 100 planets outside the solar system, some of which have the possibility of hosting life.
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NASA probe discovers new planet orbiting two stars
World | Aug 11, 2015, 05:36 PM ISTWashington: NASA's Kepler mission has discovered a new planet orbiting two stars and located within its host stars' "habitable zone", the area around the stars in which life could potentially exist.The planet, known as Kepler-453b,
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Ancient star with five Earth-size planets discovered
World | Jan 28, 2015, 10:40 AM ISTLondon: After analysing over four years of data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft, a team of astronomers has discovered a star that is 11.2 billion years old and has at least five Earth-size planets."The findings show